The Los Angeles Angels will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of their series on Monday morning at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Angels Preview
The Los Angeles Angels are 7-8 this season and they have lost five of their last seven games. Prior to losing the first three games in this series, Los Angeles won two out of three games against Washington. The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 3.71 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average this year. The Angels offense has scored 76 runs with a .241 batting average and a .337 on base percentage. Hunter Renfroe is batting .268 with three home runs and 11 RBI’s for the Angels. The projected starting pitcher for Los Angeles is Shohei Ohtani, who is 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP over 19.0 innings pitched this season.
Red Sox Preview
The Boston Red Sox are 8-8 this season and they have won three games in a row. Boston has won the first three games in this series by scores of 5-3, 9-7, and 2-1. The Boston pitching staff has a 5.08 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and a .262 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 87 runs with a .238 batting average and a .323 on base percentage this season. Rafael Devers is batting .262 with seven home runs and 15 RBI’s for the Red Sox. The projected starting pitcher for Boston is Brayan Bello, who is making his first appearance of the season.
Trends
Los Angeles is 2-5 in their last 7 games and 1-4 in their last 5 Monday games. The over is 5-0-1 in Los Angeles’ last 6 Monday games. Boston is 11-4 in their last 15 home games and 1-5 in their last 6 Monday games. The under is 11-3-1 in Boston’s last 15 Monday games. Los Angeles is 1-6 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Pick
Boston comes into this game looking for the four game series sweep, but they will be facing one of the best pitchers in baseball. The Angels will have Shohei Ohtani on the mound, who has allowed one earned run over 19.0 innings pitched this year. I think the Angels will get another strong outing from Ohtani and I like them to get the win.
AUTHOR: David Racey
